Onarga Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Onarga Township
—  Township  —
Location in Iroquois County
Iroquois County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°42′29″N 87°57′44″W / 40.70806°N 87.96222°W / 40.70806; -87.96222Coordinates: 40°42′29″N 87°57′44″W / 40.70806°N 87.96222°W / 40.70806; -87.96222
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Iroquois
Established	November 6, 1855
Area
– Total	48.39 sq mi (125.32 km2)
– Land	48.37 sq mi (125.27 km2)
– Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.04%
Elevation	653 ft (199 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,844
– Density	38.1/sq mi (14.7/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60918, 60938, 60955, 60968
GNIS feature ID	0429492

Onarga Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,844^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Onarga Township covers an area of 48.39 square miles (125.3 km²); of this, 48.37 square miles (125.3 km²) (99.96 percent) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (0.04 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Onarga

Unincorporated towns

• Delrey at 40°40′22″N 88°01′02″W / 40.6728128°N 88.0172621°W / 40.6728128; -88.0172621

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains Onarga Cemetery.

Major highways

• Interstate 57
• U.S. Route 45
• Illinois Route 54

School districts

• Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249
• Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

Political districts

• Illinois' 15th congressional district
• State House District 105
• State Senate District 53

References

• "Onarga Township, Iroquois County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429492. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives